Motorists who are caught parking their vehicles in Chapala’s ciclovía (cycling path) will be subject to steep fines taking effect as of January 2021.

Jalisco’s top-ranking public security officials

Chapala’s first drive-in movie theater is set to open Friday, August 21, with a double-feature program that will be open to the public free of charge.

Lupita Martínez, the wife of Ajijic town administrator Juan Ramón Flores, died Thursday, August 20, after an extended battle against hemorrhagic dengue fever, the most severe form of the mosquito-borne disease that is now raging in the Lake Chapala region.

As confirmed cases of Covid-19 infection continue rising in the lakeshore region, a growing number of resident expats are appealing to local authorities for a serious crackdown against individuals and commercial enterprises that are not adhering to directives on social distancing, face mask use and other prevention measures.

Thousands of Chapala’s school age children are scheduled to remain at home as they “return” to classrooms on August 24, the official opening day of the 2020-21 academic term for students enrolled in local pre-school, primary, secondary and special needs institutions.